Click photo to download. Caption: Distribution of copies of Israel Hayom in Jerusalem. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.(JNS.org) A survey issued Wednesday by the market research company TGI revealed that Israel Hayom was Israel’s most widely read daily newspaper for the second year in a row, with a 38.1 percent exposure rate among the country’s population from July 2011 to June 2012.

About 5,000 people responded to the survey, which encompassed all of Israel’s major Hebrew daily newspapers and radio broadcasts.

Israel Hayom distributes 275,000 copies of its free newspaper five days a week, and 350,000 copies on Friday (when its weekend edition is published).

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